Film reel and casing.



H. J. TROXELL. FILM REEL AND CASING. APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 7, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 19M,

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Amaar J. rRoxELL," or GETS'BURG, rniiivsrnvan'ia. f

FILMREEL AND casina.

To ally/whom t may concern Be it known that I, HARRY J. TROXELL, acitizen of the VUnited States, residing at Gettysburg, in the county ofAdams, vState of Pennsylvania, have invented certainl new and usefulImprovements. in Film Reels and Casin-gs.; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact ldescription of the invention,such as willenable others skilled' in theart to which it appertains tomake and use-.the same.

lThis invention relates to certain novel .and useful improvementsl in acombined reel and casing for motion .picture films. It is required bythe authorities that when a reel of this character is it must be placedin a metal case and inclosed in wood or ber boxes. It is, therefore, thecustom at the present time to place the ordinary film reel in a metalcasing and inclose this casing in a box for ship'- inent.` his reelwhich consists of a hub and the endV plates or flanges has attached tothe hub a smalll clasp to which: one end of the 4filmis attached, andwhen completely reeled the film is secured by a rubber or paper .bandsurrounding the saine. This ordinary type of reel usually has the enddisks or plates perforated, and the operator may -reach through' theseperforations for the purpose of attaching the endof the film to theclasp. f

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a device whichis capable of fulfilling the functions of both a reel and a casing sothat in preparing the film for shipment it is unnecessary to employ anad :itional metallic easing for receiving the ree L Still a furtherobject of my' invention .is the provisionl of a reel having solidorimthehub be- 111g provided with a novel form of filmattaching 'claspwhich extends beyond the eriphery of the-reel when the endof the is tobe attached so that the'o'perator 'need-not reach in "through the bodyof the character, but may reel t fasten the film. t th I It is-also m urose o provi e e ree portion pro e1yi gf tIhe device with danged rim or'ban s -ftting around the periphery so that when the parts are assembleda coinplete protective casing is provided, 'which may not only beemployed to comply with the'laws'astothe shipment of films of this beused tov incase the l Specification of Letters Patent. vApplication ledFebruary 7, 1913.

intended for shipment, -il

serial no. 746.9215.

reels stored in the pictre booth and protect the same against fire.

' With the aboverecited'object and others Patented Aug.; Elli, 191115:.

In the drawngs Figure l is a vie'w in side elevationI of my invention,tend film.

the clasp being shown in exed position to receive the end ofthe Flg. 2is av view in end elevation of the device with the flanged rim or bandsections applied' to the reel't'o incase the m. Fig. 3- isa vertical.sectional v'iew taken on the line 3,-3 of ig. 2. Fig. e is a detailviewof the flanged rim or' band. Fig. 5 isa sectional view 'thoughthelmengaging clip on the line 5-'5 o Fig. l.

Referring now to the accompanying drawingsv in detail the niiiei-'l 1'-desighates the hub or drum of the \reel which is axially perforated asat 2. At each end of the drum is secured a relatively arge imperforatedisk or plate 3, which is referably formed of any suitable hard'- metal,such as rolled steel. These circular plates or disks, together with thehub form the reel or spoolproper, and when surrounded by the attachedflanged rim sections,

plates form faces or sides of the casing. In

. order to attach the -film to the reel I'fasten to the hub by means ofsmall tacks 4 or other fastening devices a tape 5 which when extendedradially vwill projectbeyond the periphery of the reel. To the free endof this flexible tape which is designed to receive the-end of the -Iilmso inthe winding operation both the ltape and the vfilm may be' reeledin the usual To provide a casing for the film', as when it is desired toship the-latter, I employ a pair of semi-circular rim sections 9 hingedat their adjacent ends at 10, while the opposite end of one section isrovided with a tongue 11 slotted as at 12A or the reception of the turnbutton 13 carried bygthe'adjacent free end ofthe opposite rimsection.-Ea'ch .0f said 'rim v'sections is provided with the these Bauges-beingdesigned when the band or rim is 'positioned on the `reel to embrace theperipheral edge' portions of the plates or disks of the reel, as shownin Figs. 2 and as hereinafter described, these semi-circular inwardlyextending ianges 14,'

a reel member embodying i I fasten a film engagingv clip 8 3 solthat theilm is completely incased by While I have herein shown-and described theplates or disks of the reels and the flanged one particular embodiment4of my invention, 30,'

band or rim, the latter being fastened in I wish it'to be understoodthat I do not place by olplating the turn button so that it confinemyself to all the precise details of may pass t rough the slot 12, andthen turnconstruction herein set forth by way of illuslng such buttoncrosswise of the slot in the tration, as modification and variation maymanner readily understood. It is, of course, be made Without departingfrom the spirit 35 to be further understood that theianged of theinvention or exceeding the scope of4 rim -is also formed of suitablemetal or other the appended claim.

material which will serve the purposes 1n What I claim is: a protectivecasing of this character, and In a portable combined film reel andcasalthough I have herein shown and described ing, the combination witha reel member in- 40 said flanged rim as formed of but two seccluding ahub and imperforate metallic tions, it is to be understood that it maybe lates secured at the ends of the hub, means Y made of any suitablenumber of hinged or or attaching a-film lto the reel member, a iexiblyconnected sections. removable flanged rim formed of a plurality It willbe seen that by making the end of connected sections fitting over andsur- 45 l could not be done were these plates formed and means Ifor locplates or disks of the reel solid or imperrounding and fitting closelytothe peri heral forate, I am enabled to employ these as the portions ofthe plates, said plates and an ed side members of the protective casing,which rim forming a com lete closure for the fi m, Y

iing the flanged rim on with openings as 1n the ordinary reel. To thereel. 50

I enable the film to be attached to the hub, In testimony whereof, Iaffix my signareaching through' the end plates of the reel,

.and this is provided for by the use of the Witnesses:

some other 'method must be employed than ture, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY J QTROXELL.

tape or flexible connection carrying the clasp JOHN KEITH, at the freeend. RAYMOND F. Torn-.11.

